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THURSDAY, MARCH 8, 1866.
CONTENTS OF INSIDE PAGES.
Second Page—Family Circle:
Om Child's Wedding—Mary Wentworth's Timidity
-How much makes a Man Rich—Finding Fault
with Children—Purity of Character—My NelHe
What have I Lost?—Christian Contentment— ** I
Dies Free!"—Only Throe Words—The Birds in
Winter—Nest of the Humming-bird—Treatment of
the Aged.
Third Page—Editor's Table:
Carter & Brother: Mac Duff's "Shepherd and Hie
Flock, or The Keeper of Israet and the Sheep of
His Pasture: Constantine and Edith;" Atwood's
"Pastor’s Legacy to those for whose Benefit he has
spent his Life, or A Final Appeal to the Careless,
the Inquiring, and the Believing, in relation to Life
and Usefulness’ —Whittier’s aW’in
ter Idyl"— ** Coupon Bonds"—Guthrie’s 44 Parables
read in the Light of the Present Bay”—Pamphlets
and Periodicals—Literary Intelligence, American
and Foreign.
Rural Economy: How to prepare Onion Seed
for Sowing—Cattle Plague—Profitable Poultry Re
moving Large Rocks.
Sixth Page—Correspondence :
Our London Letter—Letter from Brie. Pa.—Sowing
in Darkness, Reaping in Light—Young Christians
going "Two and Two."
Seventh Page—MiscELANEOua:
The Drunkard’* Wif* —The French Protestant Mis
sion in Tahiti —The Peninsular of Sinai—Constitu
tional Change in Sweden —British America —Extinc-
tion of Heathenism in Mangaia—West Africa—At
Geneva.
Correspondence. —One of the very
best of our English Correspondent’s let
ters will be found on our Correspond
ence page, together with deeply interest
ing letters from scenes of recent revivals,
and other valuable communications.
.‘ACKNOWLEDGMENT
FOK KEY. K, G. WILDER.
Cedar Street Sabbath-school, $25 00
EXPLANATION FROM MR. WARNER.
Editor ofthe American Presbyterian ;
Rev. and Dear Sir: —My letter in
your last paper, published as number
5, is so much out of place and out of
time, that in one respect it now mis
represents me. It was written some
five , months ago, and prior to the one
published as number 4, but was acciden-'
tally delayed for a long while on the
way to its destination. All which is of
no other importance than as making me
say at present (the date not being given)
that I have " confidence in President
Johnsonwhereas, to be true, the at
testation should be now in the , past
tense. With great respect, I am, &c.,
THE FACT ABOUT THE CONDITION
OF THE SOUTH.
A correspondent, a personal friend,
and prominent member of one of our
city churches, now traveling in the South,
writes from Augusta, Ga., as follows :
«My heart is full. Jt is very sadden
ing to witness the spirit manifested by
the whites toward the colored people.
Can it be possible for a Christian people
to deny the Freedmen the light of knowl
edge and Christianity? Yet such is
their disposition.
s “ They insult our teachers and long
for the day when freed from military
power, and, armed with State authority,
they can break up the schools and drive
the despised teachers out of the coun
try."
The Auburn Theological Semi
nary has sent out a circular to the
Alumni of the Institution preparatory to
issuing the Triennial Catalogue. They
ask each Alumnus to state his name and
present residence; place and date of
birth; where graduated; by whom
licensed and ordained; his field or fields
of labor; the sermons or other works he
has published ; and the academical or
other honors he has received. They
also 3sk him to
“ Furnish the same information in regard
to deceased or other Alumni particularly
known to him, and also Foreign Missionaries.
" The Faculty have no means properly ap
plicable to meet the considerable expense of
such a catalogue. They propose, therefore,
to the. Alumni to share itwitnthem. A con
tribution of twenty-five cents from each
Alumnus living or in a situation to co-operate
in the plan, will, it is supposed, meet about
half the expense, ”
The Old and New ‘School Presbyte
rians of Colorado have united in one
body, to be styled the “ Presbytery of
Colorado.” Delegates have been ap
pointed to both Assemblies, not to ask
for admission as members, but to ex
plain the necessity for the nniod which
has been formed, and to express their
unabated affection' for the Churches to
which they respeotively belong.
The 'Archbishop Of Canterbury has
addressed a pretty plain letter to Dr.
Colenso, in reply to one of complaint
written by the latter after his arival in
the uncongenial, air of S. Africa. His
Grace the Archbishop says:—
“ I have no hesitation in avowing that, ac
cording to my belief, you have been duly and
canonically deposed from your spiritual office,
aooording to the Common Law of the Church
of Christ, as set forth in the concluding para-
Sph of the 26th Article of the Church of
;]and; and I must decline to hold myself
responsible to you for entertaining such a be
lief I have . never obtruded this opinion
noon others, in my capacity as Primate of the
United Church of'England and Ireland: but
I have not hesitated to avow my private
opinion when it has been sought for.’
Greeley's " American Conflict ” is
generally pronounced the best and most
interesting history of the Great Rebel
lion which has yet been written. Its
statements are candid, liberal, and im
partial. Its aaccess is unparalleled, 125,-
000 having already been sold. No library
will hereafter be complete that does not
contain this work, and no family should
be without it. See advertisement in
j,.anothe|* column.
H. W. Warner.
Union College. —The vacancy in the
Presidency of this institution, created'
by the death of Dr. Nott, has been filled
by the election thereto of Rev. Laurens
P. Hickok, D. D. The long standing
celebrity of the college, the magnificent
scale on which it is endowed, and the
character which the late incumbent gave
to the position of its presiding officer
conspire to render this appointment one
of the most important of its kind in the
country. Outside of the institution in
which Dr. H. has labored, he is best
known by his series of metaphysical
works, in which', descending into the
deepest profundities ot the science, he
has endeavored to wrest the popular
German theories from the service of
skepticism, and in the discussion, he has
exhibited ajn extraordinary breadth of
power, if not conclusiveness of reason
ing. As regards his fitness for the sta
tion in view, it is sufficient to say that,
for a number of years past, he has been
a Professor and Vice-President in the
college, and, in consequence of the in
firmities of Dr. Nott, practically the
President. Of course the Trustees acted
with tbe fullest intelligence of his fitness,
and according to the expectations of the
friends of college.
The Bethany Mission, a Philadel,
phia enterprise which, from itß inception,
was greatly indebted to the energy of
Mr. John Wannamaker, last fall culmi
nated in the organization of a Presbyte
rian Church, in the O. S. connection,
witb a location in South Street, west of
Twenty-first. It is in charge of Rev.
S. T. Lowrie, and a house of wor
ship of moderate size, It is expected,
for the present at least, to be the spirit
ual borne of- those who have not worldly
wealth, and hence, notwithstanding its
distinct Church organization, remains
substantially a mission. We see, from
a statement in a late ' Presbyterian ,
that it enjoys the favor of the Holy
Spirit, and that about thirty-five persons
are expected to unite with it at the next
communion, which will swell the number
of communicants to about sixty. It iB
also stated—mid a very creditable fea
ture of the enterprise it id—that very
little of itsgamis a loss to other churches.
Ray. ’Dr. McLean will repeat his
deeply interesting and entertaining his
torical lecture, on the Rev. William
Tennant, in the First Presbyterian
Church, on Washington Square, on Mon
■day evening, March 12th, at Ij o’clock.
Those who will attend may be assured
of a rich treat, both intellectual and
spiritual. The remarkable trance, and
other ■ almost miraculous Providences
which characterized the life of this
most eminent servant of God in the
ministry are leading features of this edi
fying and attractive lecture. We be
speak for him a large .and intelligent au
dience.
WHITHER IT TENDS.
What bad thoughts tbe late demon
strations of the President, approved by
Mr. Seward and others better men than
he, have stirred in rebel minds; what
revolutionary instincts have been sum
moned into full play; what tiger pas
sions, suppressed for a few months, have
been reawakened by this taste of blood,
may be learned from tbe utterances of
Garrett Davis of Kentucky, on the floor
. of the Senate, on Friday last. In a
sense tbe echo of what had been said at
the other end of the Avenue, they were
as treasonable as any ever uttered on
the floor of that body. Mr. Davis dis
tinctly declared that he would far rather
trust the people of the South and their
representatives than the members of tbe
Senate from the Northern States, and
so be believed would the American peo
ple. He said that, should this concur
rent resolution pass, we might see in
this land two bodies—one composed of
the Southern Representatives and Sena-'
tors and Democratic and Conservative
members from the North, and the other
of the Republican members alone. Each
of these bodies would claim to be the
Congress, and the President would be
obliged to recognize one or the other.
As the former body would be in the
majority, why would not the President
recognize them as the lawful and legiti
mate Congress of the United States ?
Mr. Davis said that he believed Gen.
Jackson would do this, and (with an
oath) he hoped President Johnson would
invite these Southern members elect to
this city, and, uniting with them the men
he had designated, recognize them as the
Congress. Where, then, be tauntingly
asked, would the unconstitutional fana
tics on the other side of the Senate find
themselves ?
This is even an improvement on the
original programme of the rebels. They
sought to conquer eleven States; now,
with the help of Northern sympathizers
and traitorous Republicans, Mr. Davis
is encouraged to hope for the subjuga
tion of the entire Union.
Whatever may be the intention of tbe
President and his friends, they -may
well be alarmed at the fruits pf their
policy thus far.
The New York Daily News of Satur
day has the following “ big” head lines,
which may serve as a pendant to Mr.
Davis* speech:
“Passage of the Concurrent Resolution by
the Senate—Exclusion of Eleven States from
the Union—An Act mdre Infamous than Se
cession—The Second Revolution Inaugurated:
by the Jacobins—The Girondists Succumb'to
the Fierce Faction of the Mountain—Twenty
nine Senators Vote to* Tear Down the Flaun
ting Lie’—Where is the Spirit of ‘Old
Hickojy?’ ”
• THE AMERICAN PRESBYTERIAN. THURSDAY, MARCH 8. 1866.
“Iu accordance with previous announce
ments, Mr. Hammond delivered a lecture on
True Heroism, to a large audience at Ely Hall,
last night _ The Chairman of the Y. M. C.
A. stated, in introducing him, that the Asso
ciation had attempted two years ago to secure
his services as a lecturer, and he was glad
they had succeeded. The many friduus of
Mr. H. seemed delighted to hear his voice
once more. As he entered the hall he was
enthusiastically applauded, and the large au
dience, by their smiling feces, testified their
appreciation of his recent evangelical labors
in our city. It is impossible this morning, to
give an analysis of this very able and eloquent
lecture. Those who have listened so often
to Mr. Hammond, as an extemporaneous
speaker, were glad to see the evidence that
he is a gentleman, of culture, and familiar
with classical literature. The lecture was
both well written and forciby delivered. His
happy faculty for illustrations displayed itself
frequently. Mr. Hammond closed by paying
a very eloquent and impressive tribute to the
memory of Abraham Lincoln.
The latest notice of Mr. Hammond’s
evangelistic labors is, that he has just
gone to fulfil an engagement at Peoria,
Illinois.
A religious paper of Richmond
spends nearly two long columns in land
ing the religious character of Jefferson
Davis, Gen. Lee, Stonewall Jackson,
and General somebody else, of the late
rebel army “ Such,” it says, “ are the
men, whom the South delights to honor.”
It would have been appropriate in that
connection, to clear the two first named
officials of the responsibility for the
starvation of our prisoners, which cleaves
so closely to them. But no attempt of
the kind is made. The Sonthern con
science' has given no sign of concern for
these atrocities, and the Christian com
munity there delights to honor the men
who must have known, and who, with a
word, might have prevented them.
The Western Christian Advocate, says
that more than two thousand loyal jTethr
odists in Kentucky have, within three
months, come from "the Church South,”
to the old Methodist Episcopal Church,
and that if to these the colored members
were added, the number would be largely
increased.
Ministerial Changer —Rev. W. H.
Bird, late of Sandoval, has accepted a
call to the Bethel Presbyterian C torch
at Cottonwood Grove, Bond Co., Illinois,
where he preached for six years, previ
ous to his removal to Sandoval.
The Great New England Thelo
gian a Presbyterian. —An article is
taking the ronnds which states, correctly
we presnme, that Jonathan Edwards,
whom orthodox Congregationalists ven
erate as the Prince of American theolo
gians and metaphysicians, was a de
cided Presbyterian in his principles.
At the time of his troubles at North
ampton, in consequence of his under
taking to confine the communion to
those who made a credible profession of
piety, he received many sympathizing
letters from friends in England and Scot
land. Some of them wished very much
to have him remove to the Old World.
In reply to a letter from Rev. J. Erskine
inquiring whether he could sign the
Westminster Confession, and submit to
tbe Presbyterian form of church gov
ernment, he wrote as follows : “As to
my subscribing to the substance of the
Westminster Confession, there would be
.no difficulty; and as to the Presby
terian government, I have long‘been
perfectly out of conceit of our unsettled,
independent, confused way 0 f church
government in this land ; and the Pres
byterian way has ever appeared to me
most agreeable to the Word of God, and
the reason and nature of things; though
I cannot say that I think that the Pres
byterian government of the Church of
Scotland is so perfect, that it cannot in
some respects be mended.” We are not
aware that Mr. Edwards ever retraced
the judgment here expressed.
Coming to a Crisis.— Oar readers
have occasionally heard of the point at
issue between Bishop Potter, of the New
York Diocese, on the one hand, and cer
tain of his “ Christain Unity” clergy on
the other. When last year the Bishop
issued his celebrated Pastoral, interdict
ing by Episcopal authority, the growing
practice, on the part of the aforesaid
clergy, of participating in union services
in non-Episcopal churcheß, and ’opening
their own churches for similar meetings,
their response was looked for with no
little interest. It came pretty promptly,
not only through a manly defence, but'
what was more to the purpose, a pre
sistency in the Christian liberty of .frater
nization. Quite recently, (Feb. 25,) Dr.
Craven, of Newark, N. J., by invitation
of Dr. John Cotton Smith, the rector,
preached a sermon on Christian Union,
in the church of the Ascension, New
York. The bishop, being previously
apprised of Dr. Smith’s invitation to
Dr. Craven, wrote to the former, peremp
torily forbidding him to admit Dr. C. or
any other non-Episcopal minister to his
pulpit, but Dr. Smith, after confer
ence .with his brethren, and being unani
mously sustained by the vestry' of hip
church, deemed it right and pjjoper to
proceed with the service as it had beeh
arranged and publicly announced. We <
presume that the question whether an
Episcopal rector has a right to invite
clergymen of other communions to
preach, and also Whether the bishop has
absolute authority over every pulpit in
his diocese, will now. be fully tested and
settled.
Rev. E. P. Hammond as a Lecturer.
—We find in the Elmira, N. Y., Daily
Advertiser, the following notice of the
beloved brother named:—
OUR ROCHESTER CORRESPONDENT,
the great awakening.
It has come. The prayers and ex
pectations of the church were not in
vain. The cloud of mercy is great and
hangs over almost every town and vil
lage from which we are permitted to
hear.
It was onr privilege to be in Auburn on
Wednesday of this week, and to attend
the morningprayer-meeting. It was held
in the Central Church. The large room
Was well filled; and a more tender, ear
nest, delightful meeting we do not recollect
ever to have witnessed. The remarks,
prayers, requests, confessions and tears’
all indicated the special presence and
mighty power of the Spirit. The Bap
tist, Methooist, and Presbyterian churches
are united as one in these morning ser
vices, and then in the evening each
church was to have a .meeting of its
own. The day was also to be spent in
visitation. Elders, deacons, and others
were to go forth, two by two, into every
street to labor personally with all who
could possibly be reached.
Auburn has not been so moved for
many years, if ever before, Strong men
are bowing at the foot of the cross,
which they have so long despised or
disregarded The Christian forces are
[ organized, and at work in such a way as
to promise the most blessed results. Dr.
Hawley and Mr. Boardman, pastors of
the First and Second churches, are la
boring day and night. The professors
and students of the Theological Semin
ary, are also rendering most efficient and
acceptable aid. But we are sorry to be I
obliged to adu, that our esteemed and |
excellent friend Mr. Fowler, of the Cen
tral church, has been laid up for some
weeks with a severe cold, with sore
throat, and has been unable to partici
pate much in these joyful labors. To
his earnest, active nature, this must be
a sore affliction. We are happy to say,
however, that he seems now to be im
proving—had been out to two of the
meetings, but as yet unable to take any
part in them. We trust he will soon be
restored to his working condition.
We learned also that a revival of
great power is in progress in Phelps.
Our church in'that pleasant village has
been supplied for some time past by Rev.
William IT. Page, a member of the'senior
class in Auburn Seminary. His labors I
have bedn greatly blest. It is thought
that some sixty or seventy have passed
from death unto life, by which the church
is greatly encouraged and. strengthened.
A similar story of good things comes
from Weedsporl. Another student, Rev.
W. P. Gibson, we believe, is supplying
there, with great acceptance. The work
began with the children, butis now pre
vading all classes, embracing more es
pecially the business men of the place.
The words of the prophet, “a little
child shall lead them,” were strikingly
1 exemplified in a little. incident which
came to our knowledge.
A little lame boy had been at one of
the children’s meetings, and had found
the Saviour. seemed not to be the
creature of childish impulse alone, but
to be acting Return
ing from the meeting, he ran to his father
and mother, and said, “ Oh, papa, I have
given my heart to Jesus.” These simple
words bowed the head of the stout man,
and convulsed him with emotion. He
buried his face in his hands and wept
like a child ; and he soon found the same
Saviour. Itshows the presence and the
power of the Spirit. He had long re
sisted all argument and appeal from
abler lips, but he could, not withstand
these touching words of his own child
In Owego also God is doing wonder
ful things. There, we understand, the
awakening began in the Academy. The
esteemed and able teacher was converted,
and some twenty or thirty of the youth
have followed along in the same good
path toward the celestial city. And
now the whole place is moved. It is
said, “ there has been nothing like it, in
the past.”
In Corning, it is reported, that three
hundred have been received into the
various churches as a part of the fruit
of the recent revival in that place.
We are also delighted to hear that there
are indications of good at Hamilton
College. Some of the students have
’recently been converted, and others are
inquiring. We hope that institution
will be especially remembered in prayer
by all who have access to the mercy
seat. We want many of those ydnng
men for ministers of the gospel.
the altonia.
A literary society in connection with
the Ingham University at Le Roy,
bearing tbis name, held its anniversary
last Tuesday evening, which passed off
with great credit to the young < ladies,
and to their instructors. The daughters
of Judge Taggert, of Batavia, did
themselves especial honor, one by'sing
ing excellently well, and the other by
a poem, entitled “Round the World at
Sunset,” which was written and recited
with great force and beauty.
But the chief feature of the enter
tainment was a discussion, by three
young woman in costume, of the rela
merits of the missions of the Roman,
Grecian, and Jewish nations. It was
an original perforwance of great merit,
and was received with marked approba
tion. t
PERSONAL.
Bev. Addison K. Strong, of Galena,
lU., has received and accepted a call to
the Park Presbyterian Chnrch of Syra
cuse, and expects to enter upon his
labors in that city'in April. Mr. Strong
is_a graduate of Hamilton College and
Auburn Seminary, and is not a stranger
in this region. He will be welcomed
back into the bosom of the Empire State.
Rev. William N. Page, a senior in
Auburn Seminary, has accepted the call
recently givem him by the Presbyterian
Church of Trumansburgh, and expects
to commence supplying the pulpit in
that place in April, and to settle with
the people when his course at the Semi
nary is finished. He has also had an
invitation to the cfiurch which he has
been supplying in Phelps, but decides
in favor of Trumansburgh.
.Rev. Dr. Campbell preached his fare
well sermon to the Westminster church
in Utica, last Sabbath evening. A
large and deeply interested congregation
were present to hear it. Rev. Dr.
Corey, of the Baptist chnrch, and Dr.
Vermilye, of the Dutch Reformed chnrch
of Utica, were also in the puplit and
participated in the devotional services.
At the close of the discourse, as we
learn from the Utica Herald, Rev. Dr.
Covey, in behalf of the pastors of the
city, in well-chosen words, bade Rev.
Dr. Campbell an affectionate good-bye,
and expressed their earnest wishes for
his success in the new field of labor
which he is about to enter. '
Dr. Campbell is to commence his la
bors in the Central Church, of this city,
as successor to dear Dr. Ellinwood, next
Sunday. The way is prepared for him.
Much as the Central Church loved its
former pastor, they are ready to give
Dr. Campbell a most cordial and affec
tionate welome amongst them. He has
left troops of friends in Utica, only to
find more and stronger, we trust, if pos
sible in our city.
Bev. Nathan Bosworth, of. Pompey
Hill, has recived and accepted a call to
the. Presbyterian church in Holley, and
expects to enter upon his new field of
labor in April.
Rev. Q. P. Nichols, nephew— not son,
as we formerly stated—of the late Rev.
James Nichols, of this city, has accepted
the call recently given him by the Pres
byterian church of Yctor, and expects
to enter upon his labors there in June
next.
The death of Mrs. Morrell,- eldest
daughter of Rev. Dr. Cannon, of Gene
va, has already been announced in some
of the papers. She was much beloved
and will be greatly missed by a large
circle of friends. Her funeral occurred
on Wednesday last; but we were very
sorry to learn that Dr; Cannon himself
was, at the time, so mut;h unwell as to
be confined to his House and to his bed.
Many friends of missions, and friends of
Zion, will sympathize deeply with him
in this double affliction. Genesee.
Rochester, March 3, 1866,
OUR WASHINGTON LETTER.
Washington, D. C., March 3, 1866.
One year ago to-morrow, Abraham
Lincoln was inaugurated for his second
;erm as President of the United States.
Pew who were present upon that memo
rable opcasion will ever forget it. The
melancholy events of the past year have
indellibly impressed it upon the minds of
the American people; and in every city,
town, village, and hamlet thronghont
the Republic, thousands upon thousands
of the good and the true will revert to it
with sadness, softened at the recollection
of the patriotic words which fell from the
lips of him whose memory is embalmed
in the hearts of the people forever. They
will not fail either to remember another
scene in the Senate Chamber on that
same day. Well does your correspon
dent remember the blush of shame that
crimsoned every cheek, and the suppress
ed indignation which filled every heart
at the disgraceful conduct of the newly
chosen Vice President of the United
States. It was the first tiipe in the his
tory of our country that such a spectacle
had been Witnessed. I can see the
whole scene “in my mind’s eye” to-day
as distinctly as if it had transpired but
yesterday. The amiable Secretary of
the Senate, who- was in charge of the
arrangements, endeavored as best he
could, to throw the mantle of charity
over the moral nakedness of the intoxi
cated Vice President; but it was useless,
for even in the most impressive part of
the ceremonies he showed that he was
oblivious to the grave importance of the
occasion, by insisting upon taking the
oath of office twice.
TSn passant, I may mention a fact
here not generally known, and which
will show that even this unfortunate ex
hibition was. not without its beneficial
effect. From that day to this, the Se
cretary of the Senate has steadily eschew
ed spirituous liquors of every descrip,
tion, though previously in the habit of
indulging in them, like the majority of
our public men. Disgusting as was the
’conduct of Andrew Johnson on that
grave occasion, the American people,
generous to a fault, had at least forgiven
him, and in many cases sought to forget.
Are they to blame if the twenty-second
of February, 1866, has revived the un
pleasant memories of March 4,1865?
The past week has been one of deep
solicitude to the friends of the Republic
here and elsewhere. It is now more
than ever evident, that the desertion of
™ e Union party upon the part of the
President was but part of an extensive
scheme, concocted by certain well-known
politicians to galvanize the defunct De
mocracy, and organize a new party, upon
the shoulders of which the late rebels
and their friends and sympathisers might
nde into power. I regret to say that
some of those whom we have looked
upon heretofore as among the ablest and
most trusted of our public men, have
lent their aid and countenance to this
inconceivably disastrous movement. h
feeling of unutterable amazement ran
through the ranks of the Unionists,
when it was known that Secretary Sew
ard had gone to New York to defend
the President’s action in vetoing the
Freedmen’s Bureau bill, and also to in
dorse his disgraceful harangue delivered
to the copperhead mob in front of the
White House. The defection of the
eight nominally Republican Senators
was not unexpected, nor was the utter
apostacy of Mr. Raymond and his New
York Times a matter of either disap
pointment or regret. But Secretary
Seward’s past record, his advanced years
and the enviable reputation he had made
as an accomplished diplomatist during
the last four years, together with his
almost historic enmity to slavery and
the slaveholders, caused his political
friends .and associates to feel that in such
a crisis as this, the author of the “ higher
law," and the “irrepressible conflict”
sentiments would array himself upon the
side of the true friends of freedom and of
the country. It is now apparent, how
ever, that he is leagued with Weed,
Raymond, Blair and- company, and that
henceforth he goes no more with us.
Witness his rose-colored telegram to the
President, written it is said immediately
after reading the newspaper report of
Mr. Johnson’s harrangue, and received
in this city on the 23d of Pebrnary. That
will go into 1 - history as a lamentable evi
dence of the folly that even a great man
may be guilty of in an hour of political
debauchery. The ways of Providence
are inscrutable and past finding out, but
looking at the matter from our finite
point of view, one cannot help thinking
that it might have been better for Mr.
Seward’s fame if the attempt of the as
sassin had been as suceessful upon him,
as it was upon the lamented Lincoln.
It is safe to say that in one thing, at
least, and that the most important—these
bold, bad men, have been signally de
feated. They have utterly failed to carry
the majority of the peopus with them.
The President’s speech is not “ triumph
ant,” nor is the country “ happy,” and
Mr. Seward’s pointless homily at the
Cooper Institute has, had as little effect
upon the masses of the people, as -if it
had been composed and delivered by an
unsophisticated school boy. The Presi
dent’s “policy,” about which we had all
heard so much and knew so 'little, was
distinctly announced to the country in
his veto message, which accompanied
the Freedmen’s Bureau bill when it was
returned unsigned to the Senate. In
his harrangue on the twenty-second of
February, he appealed to the people to
sustain that policy, and set the example .
to his followers of '-denouncing those
who presumed to oppose it. That ap
peal lias met witTra terrrmc response of
mingled shame and indignation from a
grossly insulted and recklessly betrayed
people. Prom Maine to California
the verdict against the President and
his “policy” is fearfully unanimous, and
both are repudiated.
The loyal millions have not been con
tent in this emergency to rest satisfied
with a reflection of their opinions through
the usual medium, the public press.
They have also spoken in thunder tones
which no President and no administra
tion can safely disregard, through their
Conventians, their Legislatures, and
their Representatives in Congress. Pre
sident Johnson seems to have forgotten
that he was appealing to a people to for
sake a principle, for which they had pour
ed out their blood like water, and scat
tered their treasures with an unstinted
and unparalleled liberality. The mani
fest tendency and ultimate result of his
policy, as defined by himself, is nothing
more nor less than a deliberate and cruel
surrender of all that we have gained in
four years of terrible war. The people
appreciate too highly the price that was
paid for the regenerated and purified
Republic, to heed the appeal of any man
making any such infamous proposition.
The very men who labored most sedu
lously for Mr. Johnson’s n mination and
election, and the masses who supported
him in the great canvass, turn upon him
now with merited scorn and contempt.
In the meantime, the Union majority
in Congress— composed of tried men
and true—are consolidated into one un-
broken column, backed by the strength
of the loyal millions of the North. The
people may look to them with unshaken
confidence, as the true conservators of
all that is preeioas and inestimable in
our Government and free institutions.
They have already barred the door effec-
tually against the admission of President
Johnson’s “ friends’’‘from the late rebel
States, by the passage of the concurrent
resolution on that subject. They will
go on passing such measures and sup
porting such legislation as tbe country
seems to demand, unmoved by threats
and nnawed by Executive power. What
the end shall be, is known only to Him '
who rules over all, and who, in whatever
contest may arise, will be arrayed on
the side of Justice, Liberty, and Truth.
Me. Seward and the President.—
“ Fearful is Mr. Seward’s responsibility
when, he descends to such dishonest
acts. For no sane man in the country
doubts that Mr. Seward saw the wicked
as well as the weak points of the speech.
®- e telegraphed his approval of it for
political and diplomatic reasons. He
wants to retain his hold upon the Presi
dent, and does not hesitate to * do evil
that good may come.’ Indeed this
seems to be a. part of Mr. Seward’s polit
ical philosophy, which he probably
gained from the teachings of Thurlow
Weed.” —Congregationalism